Wormwood Review

The Wormwood Review was a literary magazine published from Fall 1959 to April 1999. Alan Kaufman considered the magazine to be "the greatest little magazine of all time."^[1]

History and profile

The Wormwood Review was first published in Fall 1959 in Mt. Hope, Connecticut.^[2] The founding editors were Alexander (Sandy) Taylor, James Scully, and Morton Felix.^[2][3] It was also edited and published by Marvin Malone.^[2] Later, the magazine moved to Stockton, California.^[2] Poets published by the magazine included Charles Bukowski,^[4] Gregory Corso, e.e. cummings, James Dickey, Jack Micheline, Peter Orlovsky, and William Wantling.^[1]

The magazine organized the annual Wormwood Award.^[1] The last issue of the Wormwood Review was published in April 1999.^[2]

Notable contributors

Douglas Blazek Bertolt Brecht Charles Bukowski William S. Burroughs Neeli Cherkovski Gregory Corso

e.e. cummings James Dickey Jules Feiffer Paul Fericano Edsel Ford Günter Grass

Linda King Gerald Locklin Gerard Malanga Al Masarik Jack Micheline Henry Miller Peter Orlovsky

Ben Pleasants Steve Richmond James Valvis William Wantling Charles Harper Webb Philip Weidman

References

1. Alan Kaufman (1999). The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. Basic Books. p. 417. ISBN 1-56025-227-8. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
2. Marvin Malone. "A Brief History of the Wormwood Review". Wormwood Review. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
3. Morton N. Felix (2 June 2010). Redemptive Angel. AuthorHouse. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-4520-1614-6. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
4. Abel Debritto (26 September 2013). Charles Bukowski, King of the Underground: From Obscurity to Literary Icon. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-137-34355-0. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

External links

• Official Website of The Wormwood Review